THUS FAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thus far mean? 

• THUS FAR (adverb)
  The adverb THUS FAR has 1 sense:

1. used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

  Familiarity information: THUS FAR used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THUS FAR (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

Synonyms:

as yet; heretofore; hitherto; so far; thus far; til now; until now; up to now; yet

Context example:

the sun isn't up yet

 Context examples 

But thus far, it has been unclear whether the effect is merely a symptom of cancer, or a cause.

(Scientists Reveal The Relationship Between Sugar, Cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Why, that requires not this preparation; ye need not have come thus far and dragged your captain to the shame of a defeat merely to prove yourselves cowards.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I have made it, thus far, with no purpose of suppressing any of my thoughts; for, as I have elsewhere said, this narrative is my written memory.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

EtpA, our target protein, turns out to be much more common than many of the vaccine targets that have been examined thus far.

(People with type A blood at most risk of severe diarrhoea, SciDev.Net)

Results from human studies have been inconsistent thus far, the authors write.

(Nanoparticles raise vascular risk by escaping the lungs, SciDev.Net)

Included in proliferative disorders as stomal abnormalities seen thus far are more likely a consequence of transgene construct.

(Fibrosis NOS of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This is the largest concentration of eggs of extinct vertebrates known thus far.

(Brazil and China scientists unearth pterosaur eggs with preserved embryos, Agência Brasil)

The place in the middle alone remained now unexplored; and though she had never from the first had the smallest idea of finding anything in any part of the cabinet, and was not in the least disappointed at her ill success thus far, it would be foolish not to examine it thoroughly while she was about it.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

In this study, the researchers were able to visualize beta-galactosidase at a resolution of 2.2 angstroms, which is comparable to the level of detail that has thus far been obtained only by using X-ray crystallography.

(Near-atomic resolution of protein structure by electron microscopy holds promise for drug discovery, NIH)

Miss Temple, through all changes, had thus far continued superintendent of the seminary: to her instruction I owed the best part of my acquirements; her friendship and society had been my continual solace; she had stood me in the stead of mother, governess, and, latterly, companion.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)